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9176784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendembu%2C%20Sierra%20Leone | Pendembu, Sierra Leone | Pendembu is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The town population was 7,243 at the 2004 census but increased to 20,502 according to a more recent estimate. Pendembu lies approximately 36 miles from Kenema and about 235 east of Freetown. Pendembu is a trade center and is one of the mai... | 2.140625 | 0 |
9176880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council%20of%20State%20%28Kingdom%20of%20Poland%29 | Council of State (Kingdom of Poland) | Council of State ( of Congress Kingdom of Poland) was an important state institution of Poland that existed in the 19th century. It was also known as the Council of State of Kingdom of Poland (Rada Stanu Królestwa Polskiego).
There were three different Councils of State throughout that period in the Kingdom of Poland.... | 2.703125 | 0 |
9176910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hassall%20%28illustrator%29 | John Hassall (illustrator) | John Hassall (21 May 18688 March 1948) was an English illustrator known for his advertisements and poster designs.
Biography
John Hassall was born in Walmer, Kent on 21 May 1868, the eldest son of Lieutenant Christopher Clark Hassall R. N., of a Cheshire family of wine-merchants, and his wife, Louisa, daughter of ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
9177050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyembo | Kanyembo | Kanyembo is the principal centre of the population on the Mofwe Lagoon, the largest of several lagoons in the Luapula River swamps south of Lake Mweru, in the Luapula Province of Zambia. It takes its name from its traditional ruler, Chief Kanyembo, one of the senior chiefs of the Kazembe-Lunda under Mwata Kazembe. In t... | 2.609375 | 0 |
9177073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haimhausen | Haimhausen | Haimhausen is a municipality located on the Amper River in the district of Dachau in Bavaria, Germany, about 20 kilometres north of Munich.
Geography
Haimhausen borders directly on a marshy area called the Dachauer Moos. The landscape around Haimhausen has springs, oxbow lakes, mossy fields, forests, bogs, swamps, and... | 2.171875 | 0 |
9177073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haimhausen | Haimhausen | By the mid-18th century, the castle came under the ownership of Count Sigmund von Haimhausen. He would later be the founding president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and the Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory.
Haimhausen had a 400 year-old beer brewery until it closed in 2019 and converted into a Wirtshaus/Restaurant... | 2.5 | 0 |
9177103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenops | Greenops | Greenops is a mid-sized Devonian trilobite of the order Phacopida, subfamily Asteropyginae.
They are mainly reported from the mid-Devonian Hamilton Group of upstate New York and southwestern Ontario. A similar-looking trilobite from Morocco is often mis-labelled Greenops. Greenops had schizocroidal eyes (resembling com... | 2.53125 | 0 |
9177180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o%20MacDowell | João MacDowell | João MacDowell (born 1965) is a Brazilian composer known for fusing contemporary and popular styles with classical music. His work includes opera, symphonic, chamber music, and early albums of Brazilian pop. On the occasion of the concert premiere of his fifth opera The Seventh Seal, Swedish journalist Johanna Paulsson... | 2.078125 | 0 |
9177274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance%20in%20higher%20education | Governance in higher education | Governance in higher education is the means by which institutions for higher education (tertiary or post-secondary education) are formally organized and managed (though often there is a distinction between definitions of management and governance). Simply, university governance is the way in which universities are oper... | 1.96875 | 0 |
9177274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance%20in%20higher%20education | Governance in higher education | The concept of governance in postsecondary education predominantly refers to the internal structure, organization and management of autonomous institutions. The internal governance organization typically consists of a governing board (board of regents, board of directors), the university president (executive head, CEO)... | 2.25 | 0 |
9177274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance%20in%20higher%20education | Governance in higher education | Due to the influences of public sector reforms, several authors (Kezar and Eckel 2004; Lapworth 2004; Middlehurst 2004) point out that next to the concept of shared and participative governance a new form of governance has emerged. According to Lapworth, the rise of the notion of corporate governance and the decline of... | 1.914063 | 0 |
9177274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance%20in%20higher%20education | Governance in higher education | Accordingly, six principles affirm standards of academic freedom, faculty participation in standards and curriculum, and faculty decisions on academic personnel as the AAUP first established principles of governance. The statement maintains that participation in shared governance should be extended, acknowledging that ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
9177274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance%20in%20higher%20education | Governance in higher education | The recommendations address practices by which internal governing structures operate and how they can improve institutional governance for the Commonwealth of Australia. External relations, the role of faculty and students in governance are not approached except inasmuch as institutional board members should be appoint... | 1.984375 | 0 |
9177274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance%20in%20higher%20education | Governance in higher education | The philosophy of this Institute expands dialogue and shared experience between African university leaders on issues related to university governance. Methods will step out from the classical models of cooperation in which the "expertise" of the North are transmitted to "addressee" and "consignee" of the South, leading... | 1.953125 | 0 |
9177380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin%20Cochin%20%28historian%29 | Augustin Cochin (historian) | Augustin Cochin (22 December 1876 – 8 July 1916) was a French historian of the French Revolution. Much of his work was posthumously published in an incomplete state after he was killed in action in World War I.
Career overview
Born in Paris, Cochin was the son of Denys Cochin, a Parisian deputy in the National Assembl... | 2.046875 | 0 |
9177437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaochangliang | Xiaochangliang | Xiaochangliang () is the site of some of the earliest paleolithic remains in East Asia, located in the Nihewan (泥河灣) Basin in Yangyuan County, Hebei, China, most famous for the stone tools discovered there.
Stone tools
The tool forms discovered include side and end scrapers, notches, burins, and disc cores. Although ... | 2.671875 | 0 |
9177486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firstborn%20%28Thompson%20and%20Carter%20novel%29 | Firstborn (Thompson and Carter novel) | Firstborn is a fantasy novel by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya R. Carter which is set in the world of the Dragonlance campaign setting and is the first volume in the Elven Nations series.
Synopsis
Firstborn is a novel which takes place in the ancient elf city Silvanost, where Sithel rules all elves as Speaker of the Stars... | 1.921875 | 0 |
9177644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance%20of%20Ben%20Needham | Disappearance of Ben Needham | Age progression images
In September 1992, South Yorkshire police used electronic facial identification technique (E-FIT) software to produce an image of how Ben might appear at age 3. The picture was reproduced on posters which were displayed at airports around the Greek islands. It was thought to be the first time tha... | 2.734375 | 0 |
9177693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson%20FL | Harley-Davidson FL | Hydra-Glide
In 1949, a year after receiving the "Panhead" engine, the FL was given a new front suspension featuring hydraulically damped telescopic forks, replacing the leading link spring suspension of the time. These forks were standard on all big twin models for 1949, including the E, EL, F, and FL. Harley-Davidson ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
9177806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Malm | Peter Malm | Peter Malm (22 September 1800 – 7 August 1868) was a major ship owner and merchant in Grand Duchy of Finland in the 19th century, and the father of the shipping magnate Otto A. Malm.
Life
Born in Jakobstad, Malm moved to Turku, Finland for his studies. He worked as a merchant in Liverpool between 1818 and 1824, and op... | 2.078125 | 0 |
9177833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mofwe%20Lagoon | Mofwe Lagoon | The Mofwe Lagoon is the largest of several lagoons in the Luapula River swamps south of Lake Mweru, in the Luapula Province of Zambia.
Geography
Its size and shape depends on the season and amount of water flowing into the swamps, especially from the Mbereshi River to the southeast, its main supplier. Generally its no... | 2.984375 | 0 |
9177890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%20the%20King%20Seminary%20%28Pakistan%29 | Christ the King Seminary (Pakistan) | In addition to dwindling vocations, the seminary has had to deal with a shortage of drinking water over the last 10 years, exacerbated by local authorities appropriation, without compensation, of its old well in November 2005 for the Lyari Expressway project.
The expressway project is part of Karachi's "Cleaning the C... | 2.15625 | 0 |
9177928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribsy | Ribsy | Ribsy is a children's book by Beverly Cleary. It is the sixth and final book in the Henry Huggins series. Henry plays a minor role in the story, however, inasmuch as the narrative focuses primarily on his dog, Ribsy.
Plot
Like most of the Henry Huggins books, the incidents in this one follow an ongoing plot line. In i... | 1.921875 | 0 |
9178003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Ekelund | Robert Ekelund | Robert Burton Ekelund Jr. (September 20, 1940 – August 17, 2023) was an American economist.
Early life and education
Born on Galveston Island, Texas, Ekelund attended St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, earning his BBA in economics in 1962 and his MA in economics and history the next year. He was a member of ... | 2.0625 | 0 |
9178003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Ekelund | Robert Ekelund | Over the course of his career, Ekelund authored over two dozen books, and over 200 academic papers.
Significance in economics
Economic topics notably discussed by Ekelund include cultural economics, the history of economic thought, the economics of regulation, the economics of religion, public choice theory, mercantil... | 2.09375 | 0 |
9178003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Ekelund | Robert Ekelund | His interests in the economics of regulation were combined with Sir Edwin Chadwick's historical study in 2012. Chadwick's sophisticated 19th-century conceptions of moral hazard, common pool problems, asymmetric information, and theory of "competition for the field" of service (franchising) were pioneering concepts in c... | 2.265625 | 0 |
9178003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Ekelund | Robert Ekelund | Chiswick concludes that schisms are beneficial and that "[t]hese ideas seem to be particularly relevant in the current period where religious fundamentalism and liberalism/individualism are clashing to various degrees in all the world's religions. The application of microeconomic theory that is so successfully applied ... | 1.96875 | 0 |
9178003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Ekelund | Robert Ekelund | Cultural economics
The interface between culture and economics, including the study of specific markets and institutions relating to art and museums, caught the interest of economists, including Ekelund, decades ago. Economist David Throsby established "cultural economics" in the hierarchy of the American Economic Asso... | 2.328125 | 0 |
9178003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Ekelund | Robert Ekelund | Fine arts
In addition to his work in economics, Ekelund was an artist, whose work was shown regularly in juried and other shows during the latter two decades of his life, with solo and joint exhibitions in Alabama. Ekelund also designed book covers for the University of Chicago Press and Edward Elgar Publishing in Lond... | 2.0625 | 0 |
9178024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfar%20Hamam | Kfar Hamam | Kfar Hamam (also Kafarhamam, Kafrhamam, Kfarhamam, Kafar Hamam, ) is a municipality located in the Arqoob region in the Hasbaya District in Southern Lebanon, which lies on the eastern side of the Nabatieh Governorate. Kfar Hamam is bounded by Al-Mari village from the south, Al-Hebbariyah village from the north, Kfar Sh... | 2.265625 | 0 |
9178024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfar%20Hamam | Kfar Hamam | Since the year 2000
After the occupation ended in 2000, the community in Kfarhamam underwent a short-lived period of return, growth, and reconstruction. The village was affected by the 2006 Lebanon war. The following period of Hezbollah hegemony over Lebanon and the Syrian Civil War next door has meant continued econom... | 2.421875 | 0 |
9178042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Utah | Government of Utah | Utah is a state in the United States of America. Its government consists of a state executive, legislative, and judicial branch, laid forth by the Constitution and law of the State of Utah.
Executive Branch
The executive powers of government are vested in the Governor. The current governor is Spencer Cox, a Republic... | 2.296875 | 0 |
9178062 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20Gyller%20%281938%29 | HNoMS Gyller (1938) | HNoMS Gyller was a commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1938. Along with the other Sleipner-class vessels in commission at that time, she took part in protecting Norwegian neutrality during the Second World War. After initially serving in the far north during the Finno-Soviet Winter War, she was redeployed to... | 2.21875 | 0 |
9178194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essen%20Abbey | Essen Abbey | Essen Abbey () was a community of secular canonesses for women of high nobility that formed the nucleus of modern-day Essen, Germany.
A chapter of male priests were also attached to the abbey, under a dean. In the medieval period, the abbess exercised the functions of a bishop, except for the sacramental ones, and t... | 2.8125 | 0 |
9178245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20conjugate%20root%20theorem | Complex conjugate root theorem | In mathematics, the complex conjugate root theorem states that if P is a polynomial in one variable with real coefficients, and a + bi is a root of P with a and b real numbers, then its complex conjugate a − bi is also a root of P.
It follows from this (and the fundamental theorem of algebra) that, if the degree of a ... | 2.78125 | 0 |
9178310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Measure%20of%20a%20Man%3A%20A%20Spiritual%20Autobiography | The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography | The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography is an autobiographical work by Sidney Poitier, first published in 2000. On January 26, 2007, Oprah Winfrey chose it for her book club.
Summary
In this memoir, Poitier, looks back on his celebrated life and career. He explores elements of character and personal values to ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
9178322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Hook%2C%20North%20Dakota | Van Hook, North Dakota | Van Hook is a thriving resort community built on the shores of Lake Sakakawea. The town was disbanded in the 1950s with the flooding of Lake Sakakawea and for a very short period of time was classified as a ghost town in the north central United States, located in Van Hook Township in Mountrail County, North Dakota. Th... | 1.953125 | 0 |
9178322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Hook%2C%20North%20Dakota | Van Hook, North Dakota | The Van Hook arm of Lake Sakakawea has always been very popular for recreational fishing, boating, and camping. The rebuilt resort town began a building process in the 1970s when it became obvious that most of the main townsite did not flood and would never be flooded by the waters of Lake Sakakawea, and some of the or... | 2.125 | 0 |
9178343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know%20Your%20Ally%3A%20Britain | Know Your Ally: Britain | Various differences in British and American culture are addressed, sometimes humorously, other more soberly, such as the position of the monarchy and the peers in British society. "Britain is like your Grandma's house; she's been around a long time and keeps a lot of old things she doesn't wish to part with." However, ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
9178394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20van%20den%20Haag | Ernest van den Haag | Life and career
Ernest van den Haag was born in 1914 in the Hague to Moses "Max" Melamerson and Flora Haag Melamerson. He changed his surname in the early 1940s. While van den Haag was still young, his family moved to Italy. Van den Haag grew up in Italy, and following his education began a life in politics. In the lat... | 2.390625 | 0 |
9178394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20van%20den%20Haag | Ernest van den Haag | On racial segregation in public schools
He was an early opponent of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education which found segregation in schools unconstitutional, and testified in favor of segregation. He also argued that continued school segregation was desirable because of the "genetic intellectual ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
9178394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20van%20den%20Haag | Ernest van den Haag | On the death penalty
Van den Haag's particular field of interest, the field he contributed the most to in terms of publications, was the death penalty, particularly in the context of the capital punishment debate in the United States before and after the Furman v. Georgia ruling in 1972, which (temporarily) abolished c... | 2.421875 | 0 |
9178394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20van%20den%20Haag | Ernest van den Haag | Van den Haag also argued that people commit crimes because they believe, one way or another, they will benefit from committing the crime. Thus it is society's duty to make all crimes as disadvantageous as possible. Van den Haag uses economic examples to further prove his point. In economics, there is a concept named op... | 2.46875 | 0 |
9178394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20van%20den%20Haag | Ernest van den Haag | Van den Haag also believed that law breakers have more of an inclination to repeat their bad actions. He said that breaking the law leads to a form of moral decay, in which offenders can no longer distinguish right from wrong, and thus repeat offending is common. To lower the crime rate, and the tendency of individuals... | 2.34375 | 0 |
9178419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu%20da%20Costa | Mathieu da Costa | Mathieu da Costa (sometimes d'Acosta) (fl. 1589–1619) was an Afro-French member of the exploring party of Pierre Dugua, the Sieur de Monts, and Samuel de Champlain that travelled from France to the New World in the early 17th century. He was the first recorded free black person to arrive on the territory of today's Can... | 3.21875 | 0 |
9178419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu%20da%20Costa | Mathieu da Costa | Working for Du Gua
French documents record da Costa working for the leaders of Port Royal in 1608. In 1608 he was hired for three years by Pierre Du Gua de Monts. It may be assumed that Da Costa accompanied Du Gua de Mons and Samuel de Champlain on one or more of their voyages to Acadia and the St Lawrence area. Howeve... | 3.0625 | 0 |
9178446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temvik%2C%20North%20Dakota | Temvik, North Dakota | Temvik is a ghost town in Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. It is situated between Linton and Hazelton. The town had a school and several grain elevators early in the twentieth century; all that remains today is a farm.
Temvik Cemetery is located west of the town along U.S. Route 83.
History
Temvik was foun... | 2.265625 | 0 |
9178458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Order%20of%20Mugunghwa | Grand Order of Mugunghwa | The Grand Order of Mugunghwa () is the highest national order awarded by South Korea. It is awarded to the President of South Korea, and it may be awarded to their spouse, heads or former heads of state of South Korean allies, and their spouses. The order is presented for, "Outstanding meritorious services in the inter... | 2.359375 | 0 |
9178478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Side%2C%20Providence%2C%20Rhode%20Island | East Side, Providence, Rhode Island | The East Side is a collection of neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city of Providence, Rhode Island. It officially comprises the neighborhoods of Blackstone, Hope (commonly known as Summit), Mount Hope, College Hill, Wayland, and Fox Point.
The area is separated from East Providence, Rhode Island, to the east b... | 2.265625 | 0 |
9178478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Side%2C%20Providence%2C%20Rhode%20Island | East Side, Providence, Rhode Island | Three of the fifteen Providence City Council wards are located on the East Side. Ward One includes all of Fox Point and parts of College Hill and Wayland south of Angell St. Ward Two encompasses the remainder of College Hill and Wayland, most of Blackstone, and parts of Mount Hope. Ward Three includes Hope (Summit) and... | 2.328125 | 0 |
9178488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omemee%2C%20North%20Dakota | Omemee, North Dakota | Omemee is a ghost town in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It was a railroad hub in the early 1910s, located at the junction of two major railroads, the Soo Line Railroad and the Great Northern Railway. Incorporated as a city in 1902, Omemee has been abandoned since 2003.
History
Omemee was founded ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
9178488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omemee%2C%20North%20Dakota | Omemee, North Dakota | In 1998, the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel in Cranbrook, British Columbia, British Columbia, bought and restored a 1906 sleeper car. Originally built by Barney and Smith Car Company, the railcar was previously owned by a former Soo Line Railroad employee, and was named Omemee in honor of the old rail station. The car ... | 2.625 | 0 |
9178605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Bremen%20%281896%29 | SS Bremen (1896) | SS Bremen, later renamed Constantinople and then King Alexander, was a German that entered service in 1897 with Norddeutscher Lloyd.
History
The Bremen was built by F. Schichau of Danzig for the Norddeutscher-Lloyd line (NDL). She started her maiden voyage on 5 June 1897, traveling from Bremen to New York with a stop... | 2.296875 | 0 |
9178719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphism | Graphism | It has been hypothesized that graphism first appeared in the form of tight curves or series of lines engraved in bone or stone. However, there has been no substantial proof to support this hypothesis, with the only comparison being the Australian tjurunga, stone or wood tablets engraved with abstract designs (spirals, ... | 2.921875 | 0 |
9178866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20paper | Thermal paper | In the 1970s and early 1980s, Japanese producers including Ricoh, Jujo, and Kanzaki, using similar dye-based chemistry, formed partnerships with barcode printer manufacturers including TEC and Sato and entered the emerging global bar code industry, primarily for supermarket receipt printers. U.S. producers including Ap... | 2.125 | 0 |
9178866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20paper | Thermal paper | This was followed in 2007 by Polaroid's development of the Zink ("zero-ink") system. Both of these methods rely on multi-layer coatings with three separate colorizing layers, with different methods used for independent activation of each layer. The paper is used in compact photo printers. It has several layers: a back... | 2.265625 | 0 |
9179124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masistes | Masistes | Masistes (Old Persian 𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫, Maθišta; Greek Μασίστης, Masístēs; Old Iranian *Masišta; died 478 BC) was a Persian prince of the Achaemenid Dynasty, son of king Darius I (reign: 520-486 BC) and of his wife Atossa, and full brother of king Xerxes I (reign: 486-465 BC). He was satrap (governor) of Bactria during his... | 2.453125 | 0 |
9179124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masistes | Masistes | The tale
Masistes is one of the main characters in a bloody episode in Herodotus' Histories (IX 108–110). Herodotus relates that, after his defeat in Greece, Xerxes fell in love with the wife of Masistes, but failed in all attempts to win her favour. In order to be closer to his sister-in-law, Xerxes married his son Da... | 2.4375 | 0 |
9179124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masistes | Masistes | It was originally considered that Xerxes, affected by his defeats in Greece, became involved in harem intrigues that would cause turmoil in the court and eventually result in the decadence and ruin of the Empire. This view is widely criticised by more modern authors. Many of the episode's themes appear in many legendar... | 2.546875 | 0 |
9179124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masistes | Masistes | Masistes and mathishta
It has been noted that the name Masistes (which the Greek sources give) is related to the Old Persian title mathishta (maθišta, "the greatest", "the highest", "the longest"; "chief [of the troop]"; as a title, "the greatest after the king", "the second after the king") given to the royal heir des... | 2.625 | 0 |
9179158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%20Michaelis | Adolf Michaelis | Adolf Michaelis (22 June 1835 – 12 August 1910) was a German classical scholar, a professor of art history at the University of Strasbourg from 1872, who helped establish the connoisseurship of Ancient Greek sculpture and Roman sculpture on their modern footing. Just at the cusp of the introduction of photography as a... | 2.484375 | 0 |
9179158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%20Michaelis | Adolf Michaelis | Michaelis pursued further studies in Berlin, then returned to Kiel to work on Horace. A trip to Rome in 1857 introduced him to the circle of scholars at the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (The German Archaeological Institute), on whose fellowship he travelled to Greece with Alexander Conze in 1859-60, On his return... | 2.328125 | 0 |
9179175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland%20%28novel%29 | Fatherland (novel) | Plot
The novel opens in Nazi Germany in April 1964 during the week leading up to the 75th birthday of Adolf Hitler, Detective Xavier March is an investigator working for the Kriminalpolizei (Kripo), as he investigates the suspicious death of a high-ranking Nazi, Josef Bühler, in the Havel on the outskirts of Berlin. As... | 1.914063 | 0 |
9179175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland%20%28novel%29 | Fatherland (novel) | Hermann Jost: A 19-year-old cadet in an SS academy, Jost was out running when he discovered the corpse that triggered March's investigation. March is certain that Jost witnessed more than he is willing to disclose and at first believes him to be covering up a homosexual relationship with a fellow cadet, which (in Germa... | 1.945313 | 0 |
9179175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland%20%28novel%29 | Fatherland (novel) | Based on historical figures
Harris, in the Author's notes of the novel, explains that many characters are based on the real people with the same names and that the biographical details are accurate until 1942. Afterward, the narrative is fictional. The following descriptions follow what is in the novel.
Odilo Globocni... | 2.421875 | 0 |
9179175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland%20%28novel%29 | Fatherland (novel) | Throughout the novel, Harris gradually explains, in a fictional backstory, the developments that allowed Germany to prevail in World War II. The author explains in the Author's notes that except for the backstories of the fictitious characters, the narrative describes reality up to 1942, after which it is fictional. A ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
9179175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland%20%28novel%29 | Fatherland (novel) | Alternative postwar history
The fictional backstory describes how, after victory is achieved, Germany reorganises Europe east of Poland into Reichskommissariats. After the Treaty of Rome is signed, both Western Europe and Northern Europe are corralled into a trade bloc, the European Community (EC). By 1964, the United ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
9179175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland%20%28novel%29 | Fatherland (novel) | The Reich has retained Austria (now called "Ostmark"), Slovenia, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and Luxembourg (now called "Moselland"). In the east, most of Poland is still ruled as a colony as the General Government, and the former Soviet territories west of the Urals have been divided into four Reichkommiss... | 2.046875 | 0 |
9179175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland%20%28novel%29 | Fatherland (novel) | The Reich had initially planned to annex Switzerland, but because of Cold War tensions, Switzerland became a convenient neutral spot for diplomacy and for American and German intelligence agents to spy on each other. It is one of the last states in Europe with a foreign policy that is independent of Berlin.
The United... | 2.421875 | 0 |
9179175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland%20%28novel%29 | Fatherland (novel) | Nazi organisations such as Kraft durch Freude still exist and fulfill their original roles such as providing holidays to resort areas under German control. German citizens are still encouraged to contribute to the Winterhilfswerk. A sprawling transport network covers the entire Reich, including a vast autobahn and rail... | 2.234375 | 0 |
9179205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This%20Man%27s%20Navy | This Man's Navy | This Man's Navy (aka Airship Squadron No. 4. and Lighter Than Air) is a 1945 World War II film about U.S. Navy blimps directed by William A. Wellman and starring Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, Jan Clayton and James Gleason. The supporting cast features Selena Royle and Beery's brother Noah Beery Sr., and presents a rare op... | 1.9375 | 0 |
9179208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpactognathus | Harpactognathus | Harpactognathus (meaning "seizing/grasping jaw") is a genus of pterosaur found in the Late Jurassic-age Morrison Formation of Albany County, Wyoming, United States. It is based on NAMAL 101, a partial skull consisting of the snout, recovered from near Bone Cabin Quarry in 1996. The specific name honors the discoverer, ... | 2.6875 | 0 |
9179266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaze%20%28play%29 | Topaze (play) | Topaze is a 1928 play in four acts by the French writer Marcel Pagnol. It tells the story of a modest school teacher who is fired for being too honest and decides to become a dishonest businessman. The play premiered on 9 October 1928 at the Théâtre des Variétés. It was performed on Broadway in 1930 with Frank Morgan i... | 2.609375 | 0 |
9179273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Silva | Jason Silva | Jason Luis Silva Mishkin (born February 6, 1982) is a Venezuelan-American television personality, short filmmaker, futurist, and public speaker. He is known for hosting the National Geographic documentaries Brain Games and Origins. He has stated that his goal is to use technology to excite people about philosophy and s... | 2.078125 | 0 |
9179509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological%20Garden%2C%20Alipore | Zoological Garden, Alipore | The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Kolkata Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park (as opposed to royal and British menageries) and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal. It has been open as a zoo since 1876, and covers . It is probably best known as the ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
9179509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological%20Garden%2C%20Alipore | Zoological Garden, Alipore | The foundation of zoos in major cities around the world caused a growing thought among the British community in Kolkata that the menagerie should be upgraded to a formal zoological garden. Credence to such arguments was lent by an article in the now-defunct Calcutta Journal of Natural History July 1841 issue. In 1873, ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
9179509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological%20Garden%2C%20Alipore | Zoological Garden, Alipore | The park was initially run by an honorary managing committee which included Schwendler and the famous botanist George King. The first Indian superintendent of the zoo was Ram Brahma Sanyal, who did much to improve the standing of the Alipore Zoo and achieved good captive breeding success in an era when such initiatives... | 2.6875 | 0 |
9179509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological%20Garden%2C%20Alipore | Zoological Garden, Alipore | The previously cramped, unsuitable and unhygienic conditions inside the cages, and in the zoo in general had been criticized for long. The death of a great Indian one-horned rhinoceros sparked off speculation about the veterinary efficiency at the zoo. ZooCheck Canada found conditions in the zoo unsatisfactory in 2004.... | 2.234375 | 0 |
9179509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological%20Garden%2C%20Alipore | Zoological Garden, Alipore | Adoption scheme
An "Adopt an Animal" scheme began at the Alipore Zoological Gardens in August 2013 as a way to obtain funding for the zoo. About 40 animals were adopted as of August 2013 The adopters receive tax benefits, are allowed to use photos of the animals in promotional materials, and get their name placed on a ... | 2.8125 | 0 |
9179644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-threshold%20CMOS | Multi-threshold CMOS | Multi-threshold CMOS (MTCMOS) is a variation of CMOS chip technology which has transistors with multiple threshold voltages (Vth) in order to optimize delay or power. The Vth of a MOSFET is the gate voltage where an inversion layer forms at the interface between the insulating layer (oxide) and the substrate (body) of ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
9179715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hague%20University%20of%20Applied%20Sciences | The Hague University of Applied Sciences | The Hague University of Applied Sciences (abbreviated as: THUAS; ) is a university of applied sciences with its campuses located in The Hague, Delft and Zoetermeer. The main campus in The Hague is located behind The Hague Hollands Spoor railway station by the Laakhaven Canal.
History
The Hague University of Applied ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
9179715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hague%20University%20of%20Applied%20Sciences | The Hague University of Applied Sciences | The Zuiderpark Sports Campus was opened in 2016 at The Hague's Zuiderpark on the site of the old ADO Den Haag football stadium. The complex is a joint venture between The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the municipality of The Hague and Vestia housing association. The Hague University of Applied Sciences' Physica... | 2.15625 | 0 |
9179715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hague%20University%20of%20Applied%20Sciences | The Hague University of Applied Sciences | The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) validates study programmes offered by Dutch universities. All international bachelors and masters programmes offered by The Hague University of Applied Sciences are recognised by NVAO.
EU and non-EU students must pay tuition fees for bachelor's and ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
9179715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hague%20University%20of%20Applied%20Sciences | The Hague University of Applied Sciences | Just over 50 per cent of students at the university have a foreign background, with or without a Dutch passport. Non-westerners make up more than a third of the student population and almost 15 per cent have another background. The Faculty of Technology, Innovation and Society (TIS) has the fewest foreign students, fol... | 2.53125 | 0 |
9179715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hague%20University%20of%20Applied%20Sciences | The Hague University of Applied Sciences | Bachelor's degrees
As of 2012, The Hague University of Applied Sciences offered 37 full-time bachelor's degree programmes taught in Dutch in the fields of economics, healthcare, behaviour and society, information technology, education and technology.
The university also offers ten international bachelor's degrees taug... | 2.140625 | 0 |
9179715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hague%20University%20of%20Applied%20Sciences | The Hague University of Applied Sciences | The city is home to many important international organisations and global companies. The Hague is known as the International City of Peace, Justice and Security and is home to around 131 international institutes and 80 justice organisations. International institutions include the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Int... | 2.1875 | 0 |
9179732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Augustus%20Wetherall | Frederick Augustus Wetherall | General Sir Frederick Augustus Wetherall GCH (1754 – 18 December 1842) was a British Army officer, of Castle Bear House, Ealing.
He entered the Army in 1775 as an ensign in the 17th Regiment of Foot and fought in North America at the Siege of Boston and the subsequent evacuation to Halifax in 1776. He was afterwards i... | 2.453125 | 0 |
9179754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster%20River%20%28Connecticut%29 | Oyster River (Connecticut) | The Oyster River is a stream located in the state of Connecticut in New Haven County. It flows south through Orange and forms the boundary of West Haven and Orange and flows through Yale University's West Campus. Further downstream, it forms the boundary of West Haven and Milford. It empties into Long Island Sound, ... | 2.53125 | 0 |
9179760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volusia%2C%20Florida | Volusia, Florida | Volusia (, ) is an unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida, United States, on the eastern shore of the St. Johns River. It is about three miles south of Lake George and across the river from the town of Astor in Lake County. Established by Spanish missionaries, Volusia is one of the oldest European settleme... | 2.4375 | 0 |
9179760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volusia%2C%20Florida | Volusia, Florida | By 1822, Volusia is described by William Hayne Simmons in his Notices of East Florida as "...a very fine tract, lying on both sides of the St John's (sic) - the greater portion being on the western side of the river." The author says that the settlement was made nearly three years ago by Horatio S. Dexter, its present... | 2.546875 | 0 |
9179862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rieppeleon%20brevicaudatus | Rieppeleon brevicaudatus | Rieppeleon brevicaudatus, commonly known as the bearded leaf chameleon or bearded pygmy chameleon, is a chameleon originating from the eastern Usambara and Uluguru Mountains in northeastern Tanzania and Kenya. It is easily distinguished from others in the Rieppeleon genus by the presence of a "beard" below the mouth, c... | 2.578125 | 0 |
9179871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine%20Shinto | Shrine Shinto | Shrine Shinto is a form of the Shinto religion. It has two main varieties: State Shinto, a pre-World War II variant, and another centered on Shinto shrines after World War II, in which ritual rites are the center of belief, conducted by an organization of clergy.
Today, the term Shinto usually refers to Shrine Shinto.... | 2.78125 | 0 |
9179871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine%20Shinto | Shrine Shinto | Several Shinto shrines throughout Japan, such as Kamakura-gū, Yasukuni Shrine, Fushimi Inari-taisha, Keta Shrine, Nikko Toshogu, Tomioka Hachiman Shrine, and Hinokuma Jingu are not members of the Association of Shinto Shrines, but still considered as Shrine Shinto rather than Sect Shinto.
80,000 Shinto shrines were un... | 2.6875 | 0 |
9179901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Credit%20Secondary%20School | Port Credit Secondary School | Port Credit Secondary School (PCSS) is a high school located in the city of Mississauga, Ontario, and is a part of the Peel District School Board. It was the first secondary school in Peel, celebrating its 100th anniversary in May 2019. It is located just north of Port Credit, Ontario. It is home to two Peel Region pro... | 2.15625 | 0 |
9179922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Baumgardner | Jennifer Baumgardner | The authors are aiming their point towards all future feminists (particularly 3rd wave), who are often in conflict with the previous generation of feminists. The tension comes from the belief that 2nd Wave is exclusively white-middle class and over essentialist in the view of femininity. This conflict has led to an alm... | 2.203125 | 0 |
9179922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Baumgardner | Jennifer Baumgardner | Baumgardner and Richards ask the fundamental but often overlooked questions, "who are the feminists?" and "what is feminism?" They cut to the foundational questions framing contemporary and past feminist movements in order to expose the stereotypes, inaccuracies, or misconceptions that derail and devalue the movement. ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
9179922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Baumgardner | Jennifer Baumgardner | The authors use matter of fact language to address their next question: what exactly is feminism? Feminism is not only a movement for social, political, and economic equality among men and women, but also requires the freedom to access information and education. Race and ethnicity are key to the modern feminist movemen... | 3.0625 | 0 |
9179922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Baumgardner | Jennifer Baumgardner | Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism (2004)
After the critical and commercial success of Manifesta Baumgardner co-authored yet another book with Amy Richards entitled Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism which was published in January, 2005. The purpose of the book was to provide a "handbook" for ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
9179975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Theodore%20Tate | Harold Theodore Tate | Harold Theodore Tate (December 28, 1875 - October 23, 1960) was the 26th Treasurer of the United States from May 31, 1928, until January 17, 1929, serving under President Calvin Coolidge. While holding that post, his duties included being the signatory on United States currency.
He was born on December 28, 1875, the ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
9180007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartite%20%28theology%29 | Bipartite (theology) | In Christian theological anthropology, bipartite refers to the view that a human being is composed of two distinct components, material and immaterial, body and soul. The two parts were created interdependent and in harmony, though corrupted through sin.
Alternative theological views of human composition include trip... | 2.84375 | 0 |
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